Fall Prevention in Long-Term Care: An In-House Interdisciplinary Team Approach
作者:
Aaron Eakman,
Michael Havens,
Shellee Ager,
Rebecca Buchanan,
Nancy Fee,
Sylvia Gollick,
Mary Michels,
Lorin Olson,
Kathy Satterfield,
Kathy Stevenson,
期刊:
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 3
页码: 29-39
ISSN:0882-7524
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: falls;long-term care;older adults;prevention
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Older adults in long-term care are at great risk of injury from falling. An interdisciplinary fall prevention team recommended four classes of interventions for 25 long-term care residents with significant fall histories. Data were collected covering 90-day, pre- and post-intervention time frames. Resident falls evidenced a 39.8% decline (p= .0001). Resident injuries declined 49% consisting of mild (p= .05) and severe injuries (p= .04). The findings of this study suggest that an interdisciplinary fall team is an effective tool for reducing resident falls and fall-related injuries in a long-term care setting.
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